How common is the surname Balcom?

2,652 people in the United States had the surname Balcom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,420 Americans. It ranked 11,804th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Balcom getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,652 in 2010, down 2.6%.

The surname Balcom

A surname, carried by 2,652 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balcom is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,652 people named Balcom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,420 Americans. That is down 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,723.

#11,804

rank among US surnames

2,652

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-2.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,753)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,797	Borman	2,655	116,288
#11,799	Janda	2,654	116,332
#11,801	Feagin	2,653	116,376
#11,804	McEwan	2,652	116,420
#11,807	Woodburn	2,651	116,464
#11,810	Killough	2,650	116,508

Who is named Balcom

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Balcom identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Balcom

Balcom has the Soundex code B425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B425.

Questions

How common is the surname Balcom?: 2,652 people in the United States had the surname Balcom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,420 Americans. It ranked 11,804th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Balcom?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Balcom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Balcom getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,652 in 2010, down 2.6%.